Oracle Corp has released the second version of its Database 10g product, but in a move that highlight's Linux's ascendancy on the server, this version will be initially available only on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

I'm willing to bet the Java rewrite has something to do with that. Flame on folks.

The Java re-write has nothing to do with it. Oracle has always consumed ridiculous amounts of memory and resources. Just look at what MySQL and Postgres do, and ask yourself what's different with Oracle.

At the moment I've been mainly using 8i and 9i and they are ridiculous enough as it is, let alone what Oracle has done with 10g.